"Paul Fisher provides commentary at The Followership Zone. There he brings context to today’s world by illustrating the causes of the increasing distance between the lives we live and our beliefs -- and the hardening political barriers forming among us because of this growing gap. He does this using the lens of our emerging Followership Agreements – social reorganization that will create the new American rising middle-class. Paul is the author of New Giants Rising: How Leaders Can Help People and Companies Grow During the Followership Crisis. Throughout a decades-long career in the CPA profession, he quietly observed the human toll taken by the long, slow decline of the manufacturing and consumption economy. At the same time, he began to understand the beginnings of the rise of what would replace that economy and the social glue that would form a new cohesive society – our 21st century Melting Pot. Today, we are getting a look at what that people-glue looks like because of Paul’s insightful work aimed at understanding how and why social reorganization happens to us – and what people, organizations and society can do to move much more quickly to the better future we all deserve. Paul has created The Followership Zone in downtown Chicago where he sleeps, eats, writes, thinks and walks the streets – ""skating to where the puck is going."""
A thought-provoking narrative that illustrates the future of business growth. It is a must read for those who will lead the accounting profession - and our society - to the future. I share Paul's belief that we can fundamentally re-imagine and re-engineer our workplaces to better meet the needs of people - and provide a better life for everyone. Anthony Menendez, CPA, CFE, author of The Accountant Who Beat Halliburton; Founder, Financial Fraud Examiner LLC; Former Controller US Revenue, General Motors; Recipient of the Accounting Exemplar Award from the American Accounting Association A must read for leaders charged with building new social capital inside today's organizations - the people-glue that they will need to survive and grow in the very near future. Loren Viere, CEO, BerganKDV New Giants Rising is a profound and timely read about our arrival at the doorstep of the future of economic growth and social progress. Paul Fisher shows us that - to step through that door today - people must believe they can participate in a positive future. The principles of Followership will help people and companies do that - and much more. Read it today. Michael Bremer, President of the Cumberland Group, VP Excellence Awards Council- Association for Manufacturing Excellence, Author Shingo Award winning How to Do a Gemba Walk